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Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of Fairhaven, mastered by Isaiah West, keeper unknown, on two voyages from 16 October 1845 - 5 December 1852

by: Florida (Ship)

Publication date: 1851
Topics: West, Isaiah, Fish, Robinson and Company (Fairhaven, Mass.), Blackfish, Bowhead whale, Finback whale, Globicephala, Gray whale, Humpback whale, Killer whale, Right whales, Seafaring life, Seals (Animals), Sperm whales, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--Massachusetts--Fairhaven, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Honolulu (Hawaii)--Description and travel, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel
Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals; newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana
Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum
Language: English
Item Size: 467.0M

Logbook kept by unknown mate comprising of two voyages. First voyage documents the Adeline Gibbs (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West from 16 October 1845 - 30 June 1848 to the Pacific Ocean. Second voyage documents the Florida (Ship) of Fairhaven, Mass., mastered by Isaiah West from 8 October 1851 – 5 December 1852 to the Indian, North Pacific, and West Arctic Oceans. Whaling grounds include the Southeast Pacific, Okhotsk Cape, and Bering Strait whaling grounds; owner-agent: Fish, Robinson & Co.; built at New York, N.Y., 1821.